How to recreate the msdb database in SQL Server 2005?

re: How to recreate the msdb database in SQL Server 2005?

jeremyts — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 15:24:23 GMT

Good info Paul. But I'm wondering if this works on SQL 2005 Express Edition?

When running step 3, I get the following error....

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Install>sqlcmd -i instmsdb.sql
----------------------------------
Starting execution of INSTMSDB.SQL
----------------------------------
Configuration option 'allow updates' changed from 1 to 1. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install.
Changed database context to 'master'.
Msg 5120, Level 16, State 101, Server DC1, Line 63
Unable to open the physical file "c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\ MSSQL\DATA\MSDBData.mdf". Operating system error 2: "2(error not found)".
File activation failure. The physical file name "c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL
Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\DATA\MSDBLog.ldf" may be incorrect.
Msg 945, Level 14, State 2, Server DC1, Line 63
Database 'msdb' cannot be opened due to inaccessible files or insufficient memory or disk space. See the SQL Server errorlog for details.
Msg 3446, Level 16, State 2, Server DC1, Line 3
Primary log file is not available for database 'msdb'. The log cannot be backed up.
Msg 5069, Level 16, State 1, Server DC1, Line 3
ALTER DATABASE statement failed.
Msg 945, Level 14, State 2, Server DC1, Line 2
Database 'msdb' cannot be opened due to inaccessible files or insufficient memor
y or disk space. See the SQL Server errorlog for details.
Msg 50000, Level 20, State 127, Server DC1, Line 4
A problem was encountered accessing msdb. INSTMSDB.SQL terminating.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Install>

Are you able to provide advice?

Cheers,
Jeremy.

re: How to recreate the msdb database in SQL Server 2005?

Paul Randal - MSFT — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 23:41:09 GMT

Hmm - I just tried it on my Express instance on my laptop and it worked fine. Are you trying to do it on a RANU instance? I ran:

sqlcmd /E /S.\SQLEXPRESS /Iinstmsdb.sql

re: How to recreate the msdb database in SQL Server 2005?

wmrock — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 10:00:33 GMT

Great Information!

This is what I have been looking for for about 7 months, sql server on win 2000 has been stopped due to bad data base, can not run restore as backup requires sql to be running. catch 22. As the bad data base is one this business has not used in years, your method is a great tool to use.
I only have one problem. I just because responsible to this server and have no documentation.
I run steps 1 and 2 , but the thirdstep of
"Run the instmsdb.sql script in the 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Install' directory" is the problem. How or what do I run it with? sqlcmd does not seem to be system.

thanks for any advice you might give.
regards

re: How to recreate the msdb database in SQL Server 2005?

Paul Randal - MSFT — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:04:36 GMT

Try using 'osql' instead of 'sqlcmd'

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re: How to recreate the msdb database in SQL Server 2005?

apms — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 02:23:55 GMT

Great information. Thanks! But...

Still have a problem. Installed MSDE2K as an instance and ran sp3 on that instance.

Sp setup breaked at running scripts, saying database msdb log file was not good, look at the SQL log file (where no info was...)

Than stumbled over this usefull piece of information. Tried this, but this is not ok. Could you prompt me what's the problem?

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$DRUMIS\BinnMSSQL$DRUMIS\Binn>sqlservr.exe -c -T3608 -s DRUMIS

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn>OSQL.EXE -S"RATIOSERVER\DRUMIS" -d"Master" -U********** -P********** -i"C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$DRUMIS\DataMSSQL$DRUMIS\Install\instmsdb.sql"

***********SQL-Server log*****************

2006-11-14 17:10:34.07 server Microsoft SQL Server 2000 - 8.00.760 (Intel X8

Dec 17 2002 14:22:05

Desktop Engine on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: )

2006-11-14 17:10:34.09 server Server Process ID is 2100.

2006-11-14 17:10:34.09 server Logging SQL Server messages in file 'C:\Program

Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$DRUMIS\DataMSSQL$DRUMIS\LOG\ERRORLOG'.

2006-11-14 17:10:34.11 server SQL Server is starting at priority class 'norma

l'(2 CPUs detected).

2006-11-14 17:10:34.29 server SQL Server configured for thread mode processin

2006-11-14 17:10:34.29 server Using dynamic lock allocation. [500] Lock Block

s, [1000] Lock Owner Blocks.

2006-11-14 17:10:34.34 spid4 Recovering only master database

2006-11-14 17:10:34.34 spid4 Starting up database 'master'.

2006-11-14 17:10:34.53 server Using 'SSNETLIB.DLL' version '8.0.766'.

2006-11-14 17:10:34.56 spid4 Server name is 'RATIOSERVER\DRUMIS'.

2006-11-14 17:10:34.57 server SQL server listening on 192.168.1.100: 3676.

2006-11-14 17:10:34.57 server SQL server listening on 127.0.0.1: 3676.

2006-11-14 17:10:34.59 spid4 Recovery complete.

2006-11-14 17:10:34.59 spid4 SQL global counter collection task is created.

2006-11-14 17:10:34.59 server SQL server listening on TCP, Shared Memory, Nam

ed Pipes.

2006-11-14 17:10:34.59 server SQL Server is ready for client connections

2006-11-14 17:10:34.61 spid4 Warning: override, autoexec procedures skipped.

2006-11-14 17:11:05.10 spid51 Starting up database 'D4WData'.

2006-11-14 17:23:41.42 spid51 DBCC TRACEON 1717, server process ID (SPID) 51.

2006-11-14 17:23:41.90 spid51 Clearing tempdb database.

2006-11-14 17:23:41.90 spid51 Starting up database 'model'.

2006-11-14 17:23:42.23 spid51 Starting up database 'tempdb'.

2006-11-14 17:23:42.31 spid51 Error: 15457, Severity: 0, State: 1

2006-11-14 17:23:42.31 spid51 Configuration option 'allow updates' changed fr

om 1 to 1. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install..

2006-11-14 17:23:42.71 spid51 Starting up database 'msdb'.

2006-11-14 17:23:42.71 spid51 udopen: Operating system error 2(error not foun

d) during the creation/opening of physical device C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL

Server\MSSQL$DRUMIS\DataMSSQL$DRUMIS\Data\msdbdata.mdf.

2006-11-14 17:23:42.73 spid51 FCB::Open failed: Could not open device C:\Prog

ram Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$DRUMIS\DataMSSQL$DRUMIS\Data\msdbdata.mdf f

or virtual device number (VDN) 1.

2006-11-14 17:23:43.14 spid51 Error: 50000, Severity: 20, State: 127

2006-11-14 17:23:43.14 spid51 A problem was encountered accessing msdb. INSTM

SDB.SQL terminating..

***********OSQL output*****************

-----------------------------

Starting execution of INSTMSDB.SQL

----------------------------------

Configuration option 'allow updates' changed from 1 to 1. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install.

Msg 5105, Level 16, State 4, Server RATIOSERVER\DRUMIS, Line 57

Device activation error. The physical file name 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$DRUMIS\DataMSSQL$DRUMIS\Data\msdbdata.mdf' may be incorrect.

Msg 945, Level 14, State 2, Server RATIOSERVER\DRUMIS, Line 57 Database 'msdb' cannot be opened due to inaccessible files or insufficient memory or disk space.

See the SQL Server errorlog for details.

Device activation error. The physical file name 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$DRUMIS\DataMSSQL$DRUMIS\Data\msdblog.ldf' may be incorrect.

Msg 945, Level 14, State 2, Server RATIOSERVER\DRUMIS, Line 1

Database 'msdb' cannot be opened due to inaccessible files or insufficient memory or disk space. See the SQL Server errorlog for details.

Msg 5069, Level 16, State 1, Server RATIOSERVER\DRUMIS, Line 1

ALTER DATABASE statement failed.

sp_dboption command failed.

Msg 945, Level 14, State 2, Server RATIOSERVER\DRUMIS, Line 2

Database 'msdb' cannot be opened due to inaccessible files or insufficient memory or disk space. See the SQL Server errorlog for details.

Msg 50000, Level 20, State 127, Server RATIOSERVER\DRUMIS, Line 4

A problem was encountered accessing msdb. INSTMSDB.SQL terminating.

re: How to recreate the msdb database in SQL Server 2005?

Paul Randal - MSFT — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:50:00 GMT

Looks like the pathname is screwed up (the section "MSSQL$DRUMIS\Data" is repeated - did you enter it manually? Please shoot me email rather than debugging this through the comments - thanks

re: How to recreate the msdb database in SQL Server 2005?

apms — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 00:53:58 GMT

Solved the problem by installing MSDE on another computer.

Stopping both SQL servers.

Copy msdb.mdf and msdb.ldf from good installation to bad installation and started SQL server again.

Msdb was now correctly recognized. - thanks

re: How to recreate the msdb database in SQL Server 2005?

thenoo — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:58:12 GMT

In sql 2005, I also got the same insufficient memory error unable to connect to MSDB DB, I just tried the step 1 with -T3608 Parameter, then tried to stop and restart the sql server.Then i opened the sql server managment studio, it was now able to connect to MSDB DB without no error, before i tried with detach,move and recreate the MSDB DB.So i stopped with Step 1 with trace flag option,then removed the trace flag option in startup parameter.It works fine now.

Thanks for the tips.

Regards

Thenu

MSDB went nuts !!

Braulio_Malaga — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:57:06 GMT

It's the second time that I got an ugly message from my SQL Server: Database 'msdb' cannot be opened...

re: How to recreate the msdb database in SQL Server 2005?

AmberHand — Fri, 04 May 2007 22:11:20 GMT

Got some problems with dns can create dns server cuz it cant connect to sql server i got this error from dns

Microsoft SQl server login

Connection failed:

SQL state error:'01000'

SQL server error:10061

[Microsoft][ODBC SQl server driver][TCP/IP sockets]Connectionopened(connect())

Connection failed:

Sql state:'08001'

Sql server error:17

[Microsoft][ODBC SQl server driver][TCP/IP sockets]SQL server does not exist or access diened"

re: How to recreate the msdb database in SQL Server 2005?

pstavroulis — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:48:01 GMT

I have gone through this exercise. If you have installed SP2 on 2005 and follow the steps above then you will get many problems with Mails. By following the above process, you basically uninstall part of SP2 by running the instmsdb.sql file. The problem is you don't see any real error messages, your emails just stay queued and never sent. A test is stored proc sysmail_delete_profile_sp should contain 3 arguments not 2 if you are on SP2.

To fix it, I had to uninstall the 3054 fix + SP2 then re-install SP2 + 3054 and you should be fine. I think Microsoft should provide an updated instmsdb.sql as part of the SP2 installation. Or something similar.

I have used -m as well as my argument and & please make sure that nothings is connected to your sql server.

Panos.

re: How to recreate the msdb database in SQL Server 2005?

navin_vasnani — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:40:16 GMT

When i am running the thrid step it is showing in error logs for good backup of msdb database.

what to do now

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re: How to recreate the msdb database in SQL Server 2005?

TiborKaraszi — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:09:39 GMT

Here's my findings trying this on SQL Server 2008:

You need to add startup parameter -s <instancename> if it is a named instance. Now, this I knew, but for the sake of other potential readers...

I initially started the instance from the Windows services applet by adding -T3608. That didn't allow for detaching msdb. So I started from an OS command prompt and also added -c. This allowed me to detach msdb.

I now ran instmsdb, but that produced a number of errors. Here are a few comments about some of them:

* Complaints on xp_cmdshell. I did try enabling this first and then ran instmsdb again but same result.

* Bunch of errors when creating various Data Collector objects. This wasn't good, because cleaning up DC was the reason to rebuild msdb in the frist place.

* 3 errors about sp_configure and -1 wasn't allowed value (two for Agent Xps and one for xp_cmdshell).

Just for the sake of trying, I now tried to connect to the instance using SSMS Object Explorer. But I now got some error regarding Agent Xp's when connecting. I tried to explicitly enabling Agent XP's using sp_configure but same error. When connected there's no node in Objects Explorer for Agent.

I took this as an indication that Agent isn't healthy. Whether it was me doing something fishy or it isn't as easy as just running insmsdb.sql for SQL Server 2008 - I don't know. But I'm in for a rebuild of system databases. This isn't that bad since it is a just a test machine. But these issues might serve as example why you want to follow Paul's initial advice: always backup msdb (also on test machines).

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